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Most precious-metal stocks dropped, along with stock markets, in March 2020. They then quickly reversed that trend to soar for investors, in part because of gold’s appeal as a “safe harbour” in uncertain times. In fact, in August 2020, gold jumped to over $2,000 U.S....

The market plunge at the start of the COVID-19 crisis lowered prices for most REITs. That’s because the pandemic forced many businesses to temporarily close. However, the waning pandemic should see the economy increasingly normalize in the next several months....

Business—both in Canada and internationally—remains strong for our two top Canadian insurance recommendations. These two stocks largely recovered all of the ground they lost in March 2020 with onset of the pandemic. We think they are now poised to move even higher....

Oil and gas stocks have moved up as the U.S. and other economies recover. The war in Ukraine has also driven up prices. We recommend that most investors maintain exposure to the oil and gas industry as part of a balanced portfolio. But to cut risk, you should stick with producers with positive cash flow even at low energy prices....

Generally speaking, Canadians are blocked from buying mutual funds that are registered in the U.S. unless those funds are also registered with provincial securities commissions. (Moreover, some Canadian mutual funds are only available in a limited number of provinces.)


Investors in this country can, however, buy exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, listed on U.S....

A: Parkland Corp., $33.01, symbol PKI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 152.2 million; Market cap: $5.1 billion; www.parkland.ca), is a Calgary-based marketer, distributor, and refiner of fuel and petroleum products in Canada, the U.S....

TC ENERGY INC., $66.68, Toronto symbol TRP, remains a buy.

TC generates steady cash flow for investors mainly through a 93,300-kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S. Its other operations include 4,900 kilometres of crude oil pipelines and seven power plants.

The company will now raise your quarterly dividend by 3.4%....

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, $140.37, Toronto symbol RY, is a buy.

Royal continues to benefit from higher loan demand from consumers and businesses as the economy recovers from COVID-19 lockdowns. Rising stock markets also boosted results at its wealth management division.

In the bank’s first quarter of fiscal 2022, ended January 31, 2022, earnings rose 6.4%, to $4.10 billion from $3.85 billion....

CALIAN GROUP LTD. $58 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CGY; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 11.3 million; Market cap: $655.4 million; Dividend yield: 1.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.calian.com) provides business services to the healthcare, defence, security, aerospace, engineering, agriculture and technology industries.


Calian pays a quarterly dividend of $0.28 a share; the annual rate of $1.12 yields 1.9%....

The easing of the Omicron wave of COVID-19 should let many businesses re-open their offices after two years of lockdowns. That would help lift occupancy rates and support the distributions of these two office-focused REITs.


ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $44 is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Units outstanding: 127.7 million; Market cap: $5.6 billion; Dividend yield: 4.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.alliedreit.com) owns 195 office buildings and 11 properties under development, mainly in major Canadian cities....